Cognitive Semantics Against Creole Exceptionalism: A Case Study of Body Part Expressions in Nigerian Pidgin
One of the claims of creole exceptionalism is that creole languages have lexicons of reduced conceptual and expressive complexity. Building on previous studies of the lexicon of Nigerian Pidgin/NP and the applications of the cognitive linguistic framework in creole linguistics, the present paper aim...
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Main Author: | Kosecki Krzysztof |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2024-12-01
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Series: | Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2024-0005 |
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